BondCraft

BondCraft – Recruit Monsters & Build Your Team | Minecraft Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 Mod

Turn your enemies into allies and build your own monster team.

BondCraft is a Minecraft 1.20.1 mod focused on monster recruitment, party building, exploration, and adventure.

Defeat monsters, obtain Bond Certificates, recruit former enemies as allies, and build a team of monsters with different Types, Roles, abilities, and passive effects.

Train your allies, evolve them, experiment with different party combinations, explore the world, and uncover the mysteries surrounding strange purple portals and the creatures arriving through them.

The Fabric version is the main development version of BondCraft and contains the latest systems and content.

Claim the allies you have yet to meet.

✨ Features

Monster Recruitment / Bond System

Defeat eligible monsters, obtain Bond Certificates, and recruit mobs as allies.

Build an Active Party of up to three Bond mobs while keeping additional companions in Reserve.

Unique Monsters & Abilities

BondCraft monsters can have their own:

• Combat behavior

• Natural abilities

• Passive abilities

• Types

• Roles

• Strengths and weaknesses

Different monsters are useful in different situations, encouraging players to build and experiment with a larger roster of allies.

Type & Role Systems

Build teams around different monster Types and gameplay Roles.

Roles include:

• TANK

• HEALER

• DPS

• DEBUFF

• SUPPORT

• AURA

Type Synergies and monster abilities provide additional options when building your party.

Progression & Evolution

Train your Bond mobs through battle and develop them through BondCraft's progression systems.

Features include:

• Level progression

• Monster Evolution

• Fusion Evolution

• Individual Records

• Different party and combat roles

Individual Bond mobs can also maintain their own history, including Contract Date, Active Time, Kills, Downs, and Recoveries.

📖 Main Quest & Journal

The Main Quest is currently available in the Fabric version.

Follow BondCraft's story through biome-based Main Quest chapters.

The first chapter, the Plains Chapter, begins the investigation into the mysterious events occurring throughout the world.

Learn about contracts, build your first party, investigate strange traces, meet the residents of the Starting Village, and discover what lies beyond the first clues.

Quest progress can be followed through the Journal, accessible with the J key.

⚔ Dedicated Battlefields

Dedicated Battlefields are currently available in the Fabric version.

Certain powerful monsters can be challenged in isolated Battlefield arenas alongside your Active Party.

Battlefields introduce dedicated encounters while remaining separate from applicable Wild Boss encounters.

Prepare your party, enter the Battlefield, and decide which allies are best suited for the challenge ahead.

🧴 Bond Mob Support

Bond mobs use dedicated combat and recovery mechanics.

Down & Recovery

When a Bond mob reaches 0 HP, it can enter the Down state instead of simply disappearing from battle.

Dedicated recovery mechanics allow Down allies to return to the fight.

Support Items

The Fabric version includes dedicated items for maintaining your Bond mobs:

• Heal Spray

• Heal Mist

• Cleanse Spray

• Recovery Kit

These items provide options for healing, removing harmful effects, and recovering Down allies.

🏘 Starting Village & NPCs

Explore the Starting Village and meet its residents.

NPCs provide different functions throughout your adventure, including access to Nyan's Shop.

The village serves as an important location for BondCraft's systems and Main Quest progression.

🌀 Purple Portals & Portal Residues

Mysterious purple portals have begun appearing throughout the world.

They appear without warning.

Creatures emerge from them.

Then the portals disappear, leaving strange traces behind.

Explore the world and discover Portal Residues left behind by these events.

Where are these creatures coming from?

And why are they appearing here?

The Main Quest begins to explore these mysteries.

🖥 Party Management

Manage your allies through the Bond Manager.

Features include:

• Active Party management

• Reserve management

• Party reordering

• Type filtering

• Role filtering

• Monster details

• Individual Records

• Favorite management

• Behavior management

The Fabric version also includes the Party Status Panel, allowing quick access to important Active Party information directly from the Inventory screen.

🌐 Languages

BondCraft currently supports:

• English

• Japanese

• Simplified Chinese

• Russian

• Brazilian Portuguese

🔧 Supported Loaders

Fabric 1.20.1

Main development version

The Fabric version receives the latest BondCraft content, systems, improvements, and updates.

Forge 1.20.1

The Forge version remains available, but may receive slower updates and does not necessarily have feature parity with the current Fabric version.

📦 Requirements

Fabric Version

• Minecraft 1.20.1

• Fabric Loader

• Fabric API

• GeckoLib

• Java 17

Forge Version

• Minecraft 1.20.1

• Minecraft Forge

• GeckoLib

• Java 17

🔧 Installation

Fabric

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 1.20.1

2. Install Fabric API

3. Install GeckoLib

4. Place BondCraft in the mods folder

5. Launch Minecraft

Forge

1. Install Minecraft Forge 1.20.1

2. Install GeckoLib

3. Place BondCraft in the mods folder

4. Launch Minecraft

🚧 Development

The Fabric version is the main development version of BondCraft.

BondCraft is actively evolving with new:

• Monsters

• Main Quest chapters

• Evolutions

• Abilities and passive effects

• Battlefield encounters

• World events

• Exploration content

• Gameplay systems

The long-term direction is to make building a varied roster of allies meaningful, encouraging players to choose different monsters depending on the adventure and opponent rather than relying on the same party for every situation.

⚠ Notes

• BondCraft is still in active development.

• Balance and mechanics may continue to change.

• Bugs or unexpected behavior may occur.

• Feature availability may differ between Fabric and Forge.

• Creating a world backup before updating is strongly recommended.

📜 License & Usage

All rights reserved.

• Redistribution of this mod is not allowed.

• Modified versions may not be redistributed.

• Use in videos and live streams is allowed.

• Credit is appreciated when featuring BondCraft.

❤️ Development & Updates

Developed by RYLH: Chronicle

YouTube ▶リネ / RYLH: Chronicle - YouTube

まだ見ぬ仲間を、その手に。
Claim the allies you have yet to meet.

BondCraft

Turn your mobs into allies and build your own monster team.

BondCraft is a Minecraft Fabric 1.20.1 mod focused on monster recruitment, party building, exploration, and adventure.

Defeat monsters, obtain Bond Certificates, recruit former enemies as allies, and build an Active Party of up to three Bond mobs.

Every monster brings something different to your team through its Type, Role, abilities, and passive effects. Train your allies, evolve them, experiment with different party combinations, and choose the right companions for each adventure.

But BondCraft is more than monster recruitment.

Follow the Main Quest, investigate strange events across the world, meet the residents of the Starting Village, discover mysterious Purple Portal Residues, and challenge powerful enemies through dedicated Battlefields.

Creatures from unknown worlds and dimensions are appearing through mysterious purple portals.

Where are they coming from?

And why are they appearing here?

Your journey with the allies you meet along the way has only just begun.

Claim the allies you have yet to meet.

✨ Main Features

• Monster Recruitment / Bond System
  Defeat eligible monsters, obtain Bond Certificates, and recruit enemies as allies.

• Active Party & Reserve
  Build an Active Party of up to three Bond mobs while keeping additional allies in Reserve.

• Unique Monsters & Abilities
  Bond mobs have their own combat styles, natural abilities, passive effects, and gameplay roles.

• Type & Role Systems
  Build different party compositions around monster Types, Roles, abilities, and Type Synergies.

• Monster Evolution & Fusion Evolution
  Develop your allies through different forms of progression and evolution.

• Individual Records
  Bond mobs maintain their own history, including Contract Date, Active Time, Kills, Downs, and Recoveries.

• Main Quest & Journal
  Follow BondCraft's story through biome-based Main Quest chapters and track your progress through the Journal.

• Dedicated Battlefields
  Challenge powerful monsters in dedicated battle arenas while fighting alongside your Active Party.

• Down & Recovery System
  Bond mobs can become Down instead of simply disappearing from battle and can be brought back with dedicated recovery mechanics.

• Support Items
  Heal, cleanse, and recover your Bond mobs with dedicated support items during your adventures.

• Starting Village & NPCs
  Begin your journey around a unique village populated by NPCs with different roles and functions.

• Nyan's Shop
  Obtain useful items using the shop available in the Starting Village.

• Purple Portal Residues
  Discover mysterious traces left behind by temporary portals appearing throughout the world.

• World Exploration
  Encounter BondCraft monsters, structures, events, and mysteries while exploring different environments.

📖 The Story Begins

Mysterious purple portals have begun appearing throughout the world.

They appear without warning.

Creatures emerge from them.

Then the portals disappear, leaving only strange traces behind.

The Plains Chapter, BondCraft's first Main Quest chapter, begins the investigation into these events.

Learn about contracts, meet the residents of the Starting Village, investigate Portal Residues, and discover what waits beyond the first clues.

Future Main Quest chapters will continue expanding BondCraft's world and its mysteries.

🌐 Languages

BondCraft currently supports:

• English
• Japanese
• Simplified Chinese
• Russian
• Brazilian Portuguese

🔧 Requirements

• Minecraft Fabric 1.20.1
• Fabric API
• GeckoLib
• Java 17

🚧 Development

The Fabric version is the main development version of BondCraft.

BondCraft is actively evolving with new monsters, quests, evolutions, systems, world content, and gameplay features planned for future updates.

The goal is to create an adventure where building a larger roster matters — not simply finding the three strongest monsters, but discovering different allies and choosing who to bring depending on the journey ahead.

⚠ Notes

• BondCraft is still in active development.
• Balance and systems may continue to change.
• Existing worlds can continue to be used unless otherwise noted.
• Creating a world backup before updating is recommended.

❤️ Credits / Development

Developed by:
RYLH: Chronicle

YouTube:
リネ(RINE) / RYLH: Chronicle https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHh2TGUInWZi7T1465s-gpQ

まだ見ぬ仲間を、その手に。
Claim the allies you have yet to meet.